Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)
Sponsor: Ashanti Martinez (District 22)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Public HealthStatus: Hearing 2/21 at 2:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) (as of Dec 1, 2025)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Health is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; establishing requirements and a prohibition related to the making of new certificates of birth; and altering the options for indicating an individual's sex designation on a license, identification card, or moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration.
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Testimony (0)
MGA witness listFAV 46FavorableUNF 8Unfavorable
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Dumais, Brige | 1199SEIU UHE | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | King, Roxann | American Association of University Women of Maryland (AAUW MD) | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ginsberg, Zoe | American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ellicott, Abbie | Coalition for LGBTQ+ Students | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sarro, Lisa | Community Legal Services | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Taylor, Ronnie | FreeState Justice | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Browning, Jeremy | Maryland Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lynch, Meghan | Maryland Department of Health | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Morgan, Jessica | Maryland Legislative Agenda for Women (MLAW) | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Fair, Kris | Maryland Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Downie, Phillip | MoCo Pride Center | Oral |
| FAV | Speach, Cooper | NA | Oral |
| FAV | Rogers, Dorien | NAACP Maryland Youth/College Division | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Williamson, Sam | Public Justice Center | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Johnson-Weaver, Julius Joi | Resolve MD | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Wieland, Tom | Ritchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md. | Position only |
| FAV | Blinder , Lee | Trans Maryland | Oral |
| FAV | Hoffman, Charlotte | Trans Maryland | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Pease, M | Trans Maryland | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Alperovitz-Bichell, Kari | UULM-MD | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Parker, Emily | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | OMalley, Catherine | Women's Law Center | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Towne, Ezra | self | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Abernathy, Rebecca | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bryan, Joan | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Delegate Martinez, Delegate Martinezlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Duclos, Rebecca | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Dunn, Deborah | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Harbin, Lisa | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hearth, Tuiren | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Heiman, Heather | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hollywood, Nicole | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hurley, Ayla | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Jasen, Debi | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Jasen, John | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Johnson, Joel | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lamas, Tracy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Newton, Emily | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Offenbacher, Noah | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Pollak, Lauren | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Song, Penelope | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Sweeney, Kellen | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | duPont, Lammot | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | wilson, stanley | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Trimbath, Jeffreylobbyist | Maryland Family Institute | Oral |
| UNF | Goldstein, Mathew | Secular Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Kame, Greg | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Lang, Alan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Mauer, William | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Rosa, Richard | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Swartz, William | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Tibbals, Trudy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
Organizations on record
1199SEIU UHEFAV 1
FreeState JusticeFAV 1
MoCo Pride CenterFAV 1
NAFAV 1
Resolve MDFAV 1
Secular MarylandUNF 1
selfFAV 1
Trans MarylandFAV 3
UULM-MDFAV 1
Women's Law CenterFAV 1
YearFAV 1